Semana Santa and Mom’s Visit
It’s been forever since I last posted, I know. My only real excuse is that I was busy with midterm exams and work. Other than that I’ve just been out having too much fun!
My exams all went really well, thankfully, and even though I had a lot of homework over break, Semana Santa (Holy Week), I was still able to relax and enjoy the time with my mom. Honestly though, I don’t think I shut up for five minutes while she was here, from the time she stepped off the plane to the time she left. I was so excited to explain things to her and show her around the city. I was her personal tour guide/translator for the week!
Our motto for the week was “What happens in Spain stays in Spain,” although I don’t think there’s anything we want to be kept secret! As I like to say, we ate, drank, and were merry. Good food, excellent wine, and even better company! We walked a LOT, even more than what I’m used to. While I couldn’t get tickets to the Alhambra (I felt guilty, but they were completely sold out for WEEKS before Semana Santa), I took my mom all over the city to my favorite places: pub quiz at Hannigan’s on Monday night, teterias, tapas bars, cafes, shops on Recogidas, churches… the list goes on and on. We also took a day to go to the beach – Almuñécar specifically. And my “two moms” – host mom and real mom – finally got to meet one another!
What really made the week specially were the processions of Semana Santa. Most of the main streets in the city were closed down at night for the processions, which made getting around a little more difficult than usual. Definitely worth the inconvenience though. I’ll let the pictures speak for themselves.
The pictures are wonderful, and it sounds like the best time! The Semana Santa pictures remind me of the Santo Christo processions in Fall River. I used to get all decked out in gowns my mother made for me and tiaras and march in them in the summer! Do they decorate the streets? The streets in Fall River used to have designs stencilled in colored sawdust, although I’m not sure if they do this any more.
Chris Oliveira
April 11, 2010 at 5:56 pm
No, they don’t decorate the streets, but they set up bleachers and chairs so that people can watch. There’s really no need to decorate either because the processions are so beautiful; there are also 5 or 6 of them a day so you don’t really need to plan to see one, you just run into them.
elizabethkinney
April 15, 2010 at 3:27 pm